From Betrayal To Breakthrough

The betrayal of a family member, partner, friend, etc. can create physical, mental and emotional challenges. If left unhealed, it impacts us personally and professionally. The From Betrayal to Breakthrough podcast shares insights from the best therapists, coaches, healers, thought leaders and everyday people, combined with the findings of a recent Ph.D. study on betrayal to help you move forward and heal...once and for all.

From Betrayal To Breakthrough is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 491 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #494

  494: Every Culprit Has a Victim Inside: Nathan Crane on Addiction, the Nervous System, and Coming Back to Love

  Sep 23, 202634 minS1

  In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Nathan Crane, health researcher, healer, and founder of The Awakened Process, for a conversation on addiction, the nervous system, and what it actually takes to come back to love after betrayal. Nathan shares his own story, homelessness, addiction, and suicidal ideation as a teenager, and the moment a family in Montana took him in and loved him unconditionally for the first time in his life. Together, Dr. Debi and Nathan explore why every addiction, from substances to toxic relationships to doom-scrolling , is really a protective coping mechanism rather than a moral failure, and why the question 'what is this trying to do for me?' is more useful than shame ever will be. They also break down the nervous system in plain terms, sympathetic versus parasympathetic, and why so many of us are living in a low-grade fight-or-flight state without realizing it. This conversation goes deep into Nathan's four step framework for moving through pain, awareness, acknowledgment, acceptance, and appreciation, and closes with a reminder that healing was never about becoming someone new. It's about uncovering who you already were before the pain. In This Episode: Nathan's own story: homelessness, addiction, and suicidal ideation as a teenager, and the family in Belgrade, Montana who loved him unconditionally for the first time His spiritual teacher's reframe, every culprit has a victim inside, and why that's about compassion, not excusing behavior Why addiction isn't just drugs or alcohol, sugar, toxic relationships, arguing, and scrolling all count, and why Nathan calls them 'adaptive addictions' The reframe that changes everything: instead of asking what's wrong with me, ask what is this trying to do for me? Sympathetic versus parasympathetic nervous system, explained simply, and why so many of us live in low-grade fight-or-flight without realizing it A simple breathing exercise listeners can do right along with the episode to shift into parasympathetic in real time Why love is not an emotion, it's who we already are, and the Masaru Emoto water crystal research Nathan references Nathan's own devastating breakup story, and the dark night of the soul that cracked him open into clarity Nathan's four step framework for moving through pain: awareness, acknowledgment, acceptance, and appreciation, and the subtle difference between each one Dr. Debi's own 'sticky note self' exercise from her retreats, and why healing was never about becoming someone new Resources Mentioned: TheAwakenedProcess.com SKY Breath meditation practice The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery, ThePBTInstitute.com Connect with Nathan Crane: Website: TheAwakenedProcess.com Connect with Dr. Debi The PBT Institute: https://ThePBTInstitute.com

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  Episode #493

  493: Who Am I Now? Dr. Karen Kramer on Outgrowing Who You Were, Limiting Beliefs, and the Courage to Not Know What's Next

  Sep 21, 202641 minS1

  In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dr. Karen Kramer, executive coach, hypnotherapist, and intuitive strategist with nearly 35 years in leadership development, for a conversation about what happens when something we've built, a relationship, a career, a version of ourselves, simply stops fitting. Dr. Karen introduces the idea that growth often arrives as a quiet mismatch long before it arrives as a crisis, and that the real question underneath the discomfort is always the same: who am I now that this has changed? Together, Dr. Debi and Dr. Karen explore why we numb instead of facing that question, the limiting beliefs we absorb before the age of seven that quietly run the show for decades, and Dr. Karen's own path from 35 years of traditional coaching into hypnotherapy and Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique after trying, and failing, to coach herself through her own divorce. This conversation goes deep into curiosity versus judgment, why nearly every limiting belief traces back to some version of 'I'm not enough,' and what it actually looks like to release what no longer serves, not by forcing change, but by becoming aware of what's been quietly steering you the whole time. In This Episode: The central question underneath every outgrown relationship, career, or identity: who am I now that this has changed? Why growth can feel like a drastic overnight shift or a slow, subtle one, and why both are completely normal The red shirt metaphor: why outgrowing something doesn't mean it was ever bad Why so many of us numb with food, work, TV, or alcohol rather than face the discomfort of change The idea of willingness, checking your own willingness to be uncomfortable, and why you can't steer a car that isn't in motion How limiting beliefs form before age seven, largely from overhearing things uncritically, and why almost every one traces back to some version of 'I'm not enough' The two questions Dr. Karen uses to uncover a hidden limiting belief: what would I have to believe about myself for this reaction to make sense, and is this reaction out of the norm for me The difference between curiosity, 'for what purpose am I reacting this way? ', and judgment, 'why am I like this?' What actually happens in hypnotherapy, the 'filing cabinet' model of the subconscious mind, and why the entire process is built around safety Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT), Dolores Cannon's work, and the client whose ovarian cyst had fully healed a month after releasing years of repressed guilt Resources Mentioned: DrKarenKramer.com (book a free 20 minute call) The work of Dolores Cannon and Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery, ThePBTInstitute.com Connect with Dr. Karen Kramer: Website: DrKarenKramer.com Connect with Dr. Debi The PBT Institute: https://ThePBTInstitute.com

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  Episode #492

  492: Nobody Betrays You? Dr. John Demartini on Values, Priorities, and Why Betrayal Starts With You

  Sep 16, 202647 minS1

  In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dr. John Demartini, human behavior expert, educator, and author of 40 books, for a conversation that challenges one of the most common assumptions after betrayal: that someone else did this to you. Dr. Demartini opens with a reframe that ruffles feathers on purpose , nobody actually betrays you, betrayal is what happens when you expect someone to live inside your values instead of their own. Together, Dr. Debi and Dr. Demartini explore what that reframe actually looks like in practice, from a story about a girlfriend, a fake quantum physics seminar, and a surprise trip to Venice, to a Calgary client who felt like the underdog in her relationship until a two hour exercise, and a $28,000 proposal ring, changed everything. This conversation goes deep into guilt, resentment, comparison, and what it actually means to live by priority, and Dr. Demartini offers a grounded, research backed take on all of it, including his own origin story: a childhood speech impediment, dyslexia, and a first grade teacher who told him he'd never read, write, or amount to anything. In This Episode: Dr. Demartini's opening reframe: 'nobody betrays you,' and why unmet expectations, not other people's actions, create the experience of betrayal The quantum physics seminar story he uses to illustrate how a person's real values show up the moment a bigger opportunity appears Why guilt is often just an assumption about consequences you can't actually know , and a better question to ask once you've changed your mind on someone The Calgary story: a client who felt like the 'underdog' in her relationship, and the two hour exercise that leveled the playing field How that story ended, with a $28,000 proposal ring, and why nothing had actually changed except her perception of her own worth Why the grass looking greener on someone else's side is a trick of hedonic adaptation, and Dr. Demartini's laminated list of everything past partners have complained about The concept of 'injected values,' the internalized opinions of others, and how comparing yourself to other people is really a way of devaluing yourself A homeschooling mom in London who thought she needed a business career, and the mission statement she wrote once she gave herself permission to value what she actually valued The felt difference between being certain and on track versus constantly needing to ask yourself if you're doing the right thing Dr. Demartini's own origin story: a childhood speech impediment , dyslexia, and a near death surfing accident that changed his life in a single hour Resources Mentioned: The Values Determination Process, free at DrDemartini.com Dr. Demartini's forthcoming textbook on the psychophysiology and origins of cancer The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery, ThePBTInstitute.com Connect with Dr. John Demartini: Website: DrDemartini.com Connect with Dr. Debi The PBT Institute: https://ThePBTInstitute.com

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  Episode #491

  491: You Betrayed Yourself First? Dov Baron on Identity, Belonging, and the Courage to Question Everything

  Sep 14, 202645 minS1

  In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dov Baron, five time Top 30 Global Leadership Guru, two time Inc. Magazine top leadership speaker, and the preeminent expert on creating cultures of belonging, for a wide ranging conversation on identity, survival, belonging, and the courage it takes to question everything you think you know about yourself. Dov opens up about the free climbing accident in 1990 that ended his life five times in a single afternoon, and how the real crisis didn't actually arrive until months later, on an ordinary Saturday night, holding his dead cat. Together, Dov and Dr. Debi explore his provocative claim that you've never actually been betrayed, you betrayed yourself, why 99% of the people who hurt us are simply in survival mode rather than malevolent, and the neuroscience behind why we miss the signs we later realize were there all along. This conversation goes deep into identity, belonging, and boundaries, and Dov offers a grounded, no nonsense take on all three, including the non negotiable boundary conversation he had with his wife of 29 years, and the two words, 'I suppose you're right,' that cost him years of self betrayal . In This Episode: The free climbing accident in June 1990 that ended Dov's life five times, and the ten reconstructive surgeries that followed The night, months later, that actually broke him open: coming home to find his dead cat, and realizing the grief wasn't for the cat at all The three choices Dov vacillated between on his living room floor, and why the 'victim' option was the most seductive one available Why resilience was never the goal for Dov, and what anti-fragility based on deep soulful truth actually means Dov's central, provocative reframe: 'you've never been betrayed, you betrayed yourself,' and what he means by it Why 99% of people who hurt us are in survival mode rather than malevolent, and how that distinction changes recovery The neuroscience of the romantic phase versus the power struggle phase in relationships, and why bonds built on fitting in eventually crack Getting married at 16, taking his own mother to court for permission, and the two words that started decades of self betrayal : 'I suppose you're right' The non negotiable boundary conversation Dov had with his wife of 29 years, and why you can't hold a boundary you've never clearly named Dov's equation for a meaningful life: courage plus curiosity equals love, and why real curiosity means questioning the belief you're most certain of Resources Mentioned: The Putin Report, Dov's free five page emotional source code profile, available at DovBaron.com The Dov Baron Show (podcast) The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery, ThePBTInstitute.com Connect with Dov Baron: Website: DovBaron.com Email: Dov@DovBaron.com LinkedIn: Dov Baron Podcast: The Dov Baron Show YouTube: Dov Baron Instagram / X: Dov Baron Connect with Dr. Debi The PBT Institute: https://ThePBTInstitute.com

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  Episode #490

  490: Stuck or Stopped? Lee Harris on Betrayal, Surrender, and Finding Your Way Back

  Sep 7, 202648 minS1

  In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Lee Harris, spiritual leader, author, channeler, and musician, for a wide ranging conversation on betrayal, surrender, forgiveness, and what it actually takes to find your way back to yourself. Lee opens up about his own experience of betrayal by someone he trusted deeply, and how that experience became a rubber meets the road moment for who he really was. Together, Lee and Dr. Debi explore the wounded empath pattern that so often leads to repeat betrayal, why self judgment is the fastest way to keep yourself stuck, and a simple but powerful reframe: you're not stuck, you're stopped. Lee also shares the exact process he used to move through his own darkest season, including a surprising ritual involving a massage and a very specific intention. This conversation goes deep into trust, surrender, and forgiveness, three words that carry enormous weight after betrayal, and Lee offers a grounded, human take on all three that avoids easy answers or spiritual bypassing. In This Episode: Lee's own experience of being betrayed by someone he trusted, and the complexity of still caring for that person afterward The difference between the wounded empath and the less wounded empath, and why both patterns can lead to repeat betrayal Why relationships where the betrayer faces few consequences correlate with the most physical illness, a finding from Dr. Debi's own research The reframe that changed everything for Lee's clients: 'you're not stuck, you're stopped' Why self judgment is the fastest way to stop your own healing The 'calculator moment': a client who had ruminated on a 40 year old betrayal for the equivalent of 5 wasted years How to find the areas of your life where trust is still intact, and lean into those while you rebuild the rest Lee's take on surrender, including why remembering you don't control when you'll die can actually be freeing What forgiveness really means: no longer carrying the dagger someone else placed in your heart A grief reflection inspired by musician Nick Cave's Red Hand Files, and why trauma frozen in the body needs release, not just time Resources Mentioned: Lucid Surrender by Entheo (ambient music album Lee uses for nervous system regulation) The Red Hand Files — Nick Cave (newsletter) The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery — ThePBTInstitute.com Connect with Lee Harris: Website: LeeHarrisEnergy.com Music: LeeHarrisMusic.com YouTube: Lee Harris Energy Connect with Dr. Debi The PBT Institute: https://ThePBTInstitute.com

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